monnayer

French

Etymology

From monnaie +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.nɛ.je/ ~ /mɔ.ne.je/
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Verb

monnayer

  1. to mint coins
  2. (by extension) to manufacture money
  3. (transitive) to make money out of, to sell, to monetize
    monnayer ses talents(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

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